unwonted

1. 1.

   unaccustomed or unusual

   “an unwonted softness in her face”

   Similaruncommon

Questions about unwonted

What does unwonted mean?

unwonted means "unaccustomed or unusual".

How many syllables are in unwonted?

unwonted has 3 syllables and divides as un-won-ted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is unwonted a common word?

unwonted is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.